Phonics

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What is Phonics?

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Phonics is a method of teaching reading and writing by developing learners' phonemic awareness, which is the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate phonemes.

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What is a phoneme?

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A phoneme is the smallest unit of sound in a word that can distinguish one word from another.

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What sound does the letter 'c' make?

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The letter 'c' can make a hard sound as in 'cat' or a soft sound as in 'cereal'.

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What sound does the letter 's' make?

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The letter 's' makes a hissing sound as in 'snake'.

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What is blending in phonics?

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Blending is the process of combining individual sounds to form a word.

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What is segmenting in phonics?

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Segmenting is the process of breaking a word down into its individual sounds.

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What sound does the letter 'j' make?

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The letter 'j' makes a sound like 'jelly'.

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What sound does the letter 'k' make?

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The letter 'k' makes a hard sound as in 'kite'.

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What is a vowel?

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A vowel is a letter that represents a speech sound made with the vocal tract open, such as 'a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u'.

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What is a consonant?

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A consonant is a letter that represents a speech sound made by obstructing airflow, such as 'b', 'c', 'd', 'f', etc.